First published in 1919 by Ezra Pound, Ernest Fenollosa's essay on the Chinese written language has become one of the most often quoted statements in the history of American poetics. As edited by Pou
American-born Fenollosa (1853-1908) was an authority on Chinese and Japanese art and literature. After he died, his widow passed his papers to American poet Pound (1885-1972), also a scholar of Asian
